We should gradually reduce the rate of investment in relation to the rate of consumption.

要通过不断努力，逐步改变投资率偏高、消费率偏低的状况。

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Asian households' low rate of consumption and borrowing means that they have huge scope to spend more.

亚洲家庭的低消费和借贷率意味着还有巨大的增加支出的空间。

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The above chart breaks down when we'll run out, both by current rate of consumption, and by half the U.S. consumption rate (which seems loaded and random, but is nevertheless interesting).

按照我们现在的消费速率，或者是美国消费速率的一半，上面的图表消失之时就是我们的原材料用尽之时。(这看起来有点耸人听闻也很胡乱随意，但却很有意义)。

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If you slow down the rate of consumption you will take in fewer calories.

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It all puts our present rate of consumption into frightening perspective.

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It is no coincidence that the Philippines has the highest rate of consumption (about 80% of GDP) in emerging Asia but one of the lowest growth rates.

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